Primary Colors

This week we are beginning a color adventure! We started today with primary colors. Next week we will start mixing colors to create secondary colors!
Let the fun begin!

Amazing Drawings

There was so much enthusiasm for this project!
I collected small toy animals (from my son's toy bin) for students to draw profiles. Before we began I showed students pictures of the cave paintings of Lascaux off of the ipad. I was able to zoom in on images to show them more detail which was very exciting.
We talked about how you can break down a drawing into shapes to create what you are looking at. These drawings were done with such patience, skill and enthusiasm they are such a treat to look at!
Next week we are diving into color and paint!

Snowy Collage

Today students created more amazing art from our giant box of scraps!
They started by tearing scraps from an old dictionary to create an organic shape of a snow bank. Next, they used their scissors to create the geometric shapes for their house. One student created a dog house! In the upper level they started experimenting with making doors that opened!

Ice Towers

With freezing cold temperatures upon us I thought it might be fun to create some front step art. The cold weather cooperated and I was able to start a little village of ice towers. Some did not freeze all the way through but it left a great opening for lights!
Hope you are all staying warm and enjoying this season!

Romare Bearden Inspired Collage

Welcome back! and Happy New Year!
Today we took a look at the collage work of Romare Bearden. We had a great discussion about his style of work and how students could create this look themselves. We had oil pastels, newspaper, magazines and a huge pile of scraps that we have been saving since the beginning of the year. All of these supplies were used to create self portraits!

Inspired By Matisse

Inspired by Matisse this week students created some amazing bird images by cutting and pasting paper. They also included wonderful organic shaped borders to their frames.
Enjoy the holiday weeks to come and all the snowy fun that you can!

Snowmen! Near, Far and In Between!

Today we used an imaginary telescope to zoom in on a snowman. I read the book All You Need For a Snowman by Alice Schertle. We looked closely at the illustrations and talked about pattern as well as foreground, middle and background.Students drew three different snowman pictures using colored pencil demonstrating near, far and in between!